Classes

Weekend Workshop
Alan Arkin, (yes, that one) Instructor
July 22 – 24, 2005
Lakewood, CO, Mile Hi Church
This was my first experience with any sort of improv or acting. Alan focused on the consciousness of improv. He is an amazing person and teacher. Suzanne, his lovely wife, joined him and added a nice presence to the workshop.

Impulse Theater in Denver, CO
Vic Milbrath, instructor
Level I, January & February 2006
Vic Milbrath and Adrian Holugin, instructors
Level II, March & April 2006
Short form improv classes. Both levels culminated in a performance.

Second City Improv Basics Class
Meredith Crosley, instructor
February & March 2006, Denver Center for the Performing Arts
An 8-week improv class for beginners.

Players West Workshop
Eric Farone, instructor and owner of the Bovine Metropolis Theater
May ’06 – June ‘97
A 10-month, 5 Level class series taught at the Bovine Metropolis Theater in Denver, CO. We learned scene work, object work, character development, editing, the importance of relationships between characters, and preparation for and development of our graduation shows. Since we were the 32nd graduating class, we named ourselves the 32nd Coming. We performed 4 graduation shows entitled “Just a Bit Outside.”

Improv Exploration (IE)
Eric Farone, instructor
April & May 2007, Bovine Metropolis
This 8-week class went beyond the class series to explore improv in more depth.

The Harold
Matt Need, instructor
June & July 2007
Denver, CO, Avenue Theater
An 8-week beginners Harold class

Improv Exploration (IE)
Pam Farone, instructor
September & October 2007, Bovine Metropolis
This 8-week class went beyond the class series to explore improv in more depth.

Certified Organic
Brian McManus, instructor
June 2007, Bovine Metropolis
Brian taught us how entering a scene without any ideas or preconceived direction can be immensely creative. By trusting the unknown and going for broke, terror can be transformed into fun.

Dave Razowsky weekend workshop
Denver, CO, Elliot Street Collective
February 2008
Dave is the Artistic Director of Second City in Los Angeles. He taught a tremendous workshop that kept us all on our toes and in the moment.

Improv Smorgasbord
8 weeks, 8 instructors:
Matthew Taylor, Chris Wolff, Adrian Holguin, Mark Shonsey, Mike Malyar, Cindy Laudadio-Hill, Brian McManus and Eric Farone
Denver, CO: Bovine Metropolis
March & April 2009
This amazing class brought creative ideas and insights from a broad spectrum of instructers with over 100 years worth of experience.

Susan Messing weekend workshop
April 2009
Eliot Street Collective, Denver, CO
Among numerous credentials, Susan is involved with Improv Olympic, Second City, and is a founding member of the Annoyance Theater. Her unique, straight to the point teaching style draws you out of your head and into the moment.

Performances

32nd Coming
Our 8-member troupe stayed together one year beyond graduation. Our performances included:

The Battle Royale competition in the summer of 2007: We won the 6-week competition giving us a prime time slot for 2 months at the Bovine Metropolis Theater in early 2008.

BMX and Hootenanny Shows at the Bovine Metropolis Theater
We played several Monday and Thursday night shows May – October, 2007.

The Denver Improv Festival 2007
We played at the Avenue Theater in Denver on October 13, 2007

“The Scrapbook of Life”
Prime Time at the Bovine Metropolis Theater
January & February 2008

Coaching

32nd Coming was coached by:
Eric Farone
Sam Gordon
Kerstin Caldwell

Instruction

Improv with Erica
A workshop Erica created and now offers on a regular basis. It is a weekend workshop for beginners. This experience introduces its participants to the basics of improvisation and its correlation to life’s everyday situations and relationships.
A day and a half of warm ups, games, exercises, scene work, and free form discussion provide the student with a basic appreciation for improv and its application in everyday life.

Holmes Institute
April 2008
2-day basic improv instruction geared to ministerial students

MORE Improv with Erica
The original Improv with Erica workshop proved to be so popular and fun that the demand for a follow-up class was created. MORE Improv with Erica is for those IWE graduates who simply want more improv fun and experience.
She co-teaches this class with Brian Stout, her Bovinian classmate and one of her 32nd Coming troupe-mates. Brian has over 2 decades of improv experience and brings a bundle of energy to the class.

*Mensa Conference
July 2008
Denver, CO
Erica taught a workshop to Mensa participants on how being comfortable not being prepared in life is true freedom.

*This proves that you do not have to be a member of Mensa in order to be invited to be a presenter. You just have to be smart enough to say “yes.” This group of participants truly rocked the house!

Erica continues to teach, take classes and workshops in the Denver area. Although not performing in a troupe at the moment, she is open to the possibility. Stay tuned!

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